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Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission — Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities - including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez …
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| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Filing: StubHub, which is planning a September IPO, says revenue grew 3% to $828M in H1, missing its earlier projection of $885M, with adjusted EBITDA down 7% — Even as StubHub makes a renewed push to go public, its business isn't expanding as quickly as it had hoped.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
A study focused on OpenAI's GPT-4o mini found that LLMs can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests using the same tactics that persuade humans — AI chatbots can be manipulated much in the same way that people can, according to researchers. But first... Three things to know:| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fires 24 FEMA IT staffers, including the CIO and CISO; DHS says they failed security protocols and let hackers access FEMA networks — An internal FEMA email obtained by Nextgov/FCW ordered all agency employees to change their passwords “due to recent cybersecurity incidents and threats.”
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's Xcode 26 beta 7 adds support for GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4, which developers can use by signing into their paid Claude account — Apple has released a new beta of Xcode 26 for developers today with a pair of notable changes. There's now support for ChatGPT 5, as well as built-in integration with Anthropic's Claude.
More: Apple Developer Documentation, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Six Colors, Michael Tsai, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacTech.com, Michael Tsai, and Security Boulevard
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| Financial Times: |
NPCI, which runs India's digital payments network UPI, has started making its infrastructure available to banks to deliver short-term loans to small businesses — Infrastructure will let banks deliver short-term loans more easily but encouraging take-up could prove difficult.
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China says it will prevent excess competition in the AI sector, echoing Xi Jinping's caution against excessive local government investment in AI last month — China said it will prevent excess competition in the red-hot artificial intelligence sector, a signal that Beijing wants …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Super Micro cautions that its financial control weaknesses, if not fixed, could hurt its ability to report results “in a timely and accurate manner” — Super Micro Computer Inc. cautioned that weaknesses in its controls related to financial disclosures could … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 — Two Nvidia customers made up 39% of Nvidia's revenue in its July quarter, the company revealed in a financial filing on Wednesday, raising concerns about the concentration of the chipmaker's clientele.| The Information: |
Sources: Meta Superintelligence Labs' leaders have discussed using Google or OpenAI's models to power Meta AI and other AI features in Meta's social media apps — Meta Platforms' plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the company to partner with Google or OpenAI, two of its biggest AI rivals.
More: Le Monde, Reuters, Livemint, and Benzinga
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp fixed a zero-click bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used, alongside a now-fixed Apple flaw, to hack into devices of “specific targeted users” — WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack … | Andreessen Horowitz: |
Top 100 AI consumer apps: Gemini ranks #2 behind ChatGPT on mobile with ~50% of its MAUs, with Grok at #4; on the web, Gemini has ~12% of ChatGPT's visits — 5th edition — This is the fifth edition of our Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps which reflects two and a half years of data on how everyday AI usage is evolving.
More: News.ng and eWeek
| Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Intel says its funding deal with the US loosens its requirements under the CHIPS Act, including removing the need to meet certain project milestones — The company no longer needs to meet certain project milestones or adhere to some workforce policies, among other conditions| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
The Ethereum Foundation pauses its grants program, which awarded $3M+ to 100+ projects since 2018, to rethink its spending strategy and reduce its burn rate — The Ethereum Foundation is pausing its open grants programs, initially launched in 2018. According to an announcement on Friday … Sponsor Posts
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